Milk-bottle closure.



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I MILK BOTTLE CLOSURE. I APPLICATION FllZED MAR. 9. 1915.

Patented Feb. 15,1916.

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I ITE WILLIAM WATERS, OF WEST RUTLANI), VERMONT.

s MILK-BOTTLE CLOSURE' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WAT RS, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Rutland, in the county of- Rutland and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Closures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto new and useful improvements in caps or covers foo milkbottles, and has-for its primary object to provide a device which is readily attached and detached from the ordinary milk bottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction.

.A further object of the invention is to provide a milk bottle closure which will be cheap to manufacture, thereby providing a device which can be given away by different firms who may place their advertisement thereon.

' Referring to the drawings; Figure 1 is an elevation showing the milk bottle-partially broken away; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a milk bottle showing.

' the cap attached thereto, and Fig. 3 is a Referring more particularly to the drawperspective view of the cap.

ings, the reference character 1 represents the neck of a milk bottle which is of the ordinary construction.

As shown in Fi 3 the attachment comprises a.substant1ally U-shaped resilient,

member composedof two parallel strands of Wire 2 and 3, these strands being spaced apart and secured in said spaced relation intermediate of the ends of the U-shaped member by means of a metallic plate 4. The lower edge of the metallic plate 4 is bent around the resilient member 2 as shown at 5, and the upper edge of the plate 4 is cut out as at 6 to provide two spaced tongues 7 said tongues being bent downwardlyover the resilient member 3. The free ends of the wirefrom which; the U-shaped member is formed are secured within the rolled over portion 5 of the plate 4, the ends of the U- shaped member being looped as at 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

The upper resilient member 3 is provided at a point intermediate of the two ends 8 of the U-shaped member with a substantially flange 12 which latter is preferably of a diameter equal to the diameter of the recess 13' in the upper portion of the milk bottle and is adapted to be received therein as shown in Fig. 2. The upper face of the cap 10 is adapted to receive any suitable advertising matter, "thus providing a device which may be distributed among the several consumers for use with milk bottles. c From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a cap for milk bottles which is readily applied to any standard milk bottle after the ordinary pasteboard cap or disk has been removed therefrom.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A closure for milk. bottles comprising a resilient neck en aging member comprise ing a single strand of wire having a loop formed intermediate its ends, and bent upon itself to form a pair of semi-circular spaced arms, a metallic plate having one of its edges bent around one of the strands of wire to secure the free ends thereof together, and having its other edge out out to receive said looped portion, and a closing disk pivoted in said looped portion.

2. A closure for milk bottles comprising a resilient neck engaging member formed by bending a single piece of wire intermediate of its ends to form a loop, the free ends of the loop being bent in opposite directions pf the strand of Wire and having its oppo- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature sitely disposed edge bifurcated to receive the in presence of two Witnesses. 100p and having the furcations bent around WILLIAM WATERS. the strand of Wire on opposite sides of said Witnesses:

5 loop, and a closure disk pivotally mounted RODGER DWYER,

in said 100p. L. R. NOBLE. 

